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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Edge of the World Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ishi ask to do before he puts on the saldu clothing?
(a) He wants to make an offering to the Spirits.
(b) He wants to eat.
(c) He wants to wash.
(d) He wants to use the bathroom.

2. Why does Timawi insist that Tushi must go with him to his village?
(a) Timawi does not feel welcome in Tuliyani and wants to return home.
(b) Among his people, it is tradition for the woman to move to the man's village.
(c) Timawi does not believe that Tushi will truly be a wife unless she leaves her family.
(d) Timawi is jealous of Ishi and wants Tushi to get away from him.

3. How does Ishi know that the saldu have made it to the ledge of their village?
(a) He can smell them approaching.
(b) He hears their knives cutting through the brush.
(c) He has had a dream that warned him of this.
(d) He can see them from the top of the pine tree.

4. What does Ishi believe is responsible for holding him to life?
(a) The voices of the Lost Ones.
(b) The Spirit of Waganupa.
(c) His own strong will to live.
(d) Kaltsuna and Jupka.

5. What do the women do while the men hunt for deer?
(a) They dig for roots.
(b) They weave rugs and baskets.
(c) They clean the house.
(d) They plant seeds for their garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Ishi give Timawi after Timawi suggests that they can force the saldu out of the Bushki village?

2. What do Elder Uncle, Timawi, and Ishi find when they return to the beaver dam?

3. Why do Ishi and Timawi choose not to chop the branch off the tree?

4. What observation does Ishi make about saldu greetings?

5. For what is Ishi looking when he goes to the mountain?

(see the answer key)

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